Post Tagged with: "health"

Open Registration: Veterans Activity and Fitness Groups, November 15

Open Registration: Veterans Activity and Fitness Groups, November 15

Bronx Veterans Activity and Fitness Groups Did you get out of shape after leaving the military? Veterans are invited to come join the Bronx Vet Center’s veteran activity groups to re-develop and sustain a healthy lifestyle. Activities take place daily […]

Retro Fitness Opens New Location in South Bronx

Retro Fitness Opens New Location in South Bronx

Retro Fitness Opens New Location in South Bronx Retro Fitness Jerome Avenue Provides Local Community with a High-Value Gym Option at a Skinny Price BRONX, N.Y. (September 19, 2016) – Retro Fitness, one of the nation’s leading low-cost, high-value fitness […]

by · September 20, 2016 · Bulletin Board, Health & Fitness

Profile America: National Fresh Breath Day

National Fresh Breath Day points out that having fresh breath is part of overall health and well-being

by · August 7, 2016 · Profile America

Profile America: National Fresh Breath Day

National Fresh Breath Day points out that having fresh breath is part of overall health and well-being

by · August 7, 2016 · Profile America

Profile America: Immunization Month

This is National Immunization Awareness Month — highlighting the importance of vaccinations to a long and healthy life.

Hand Sanitizer In Workplace Helped Reduce Healthcare Insurance Claims For Cold And Flu By 24%

Hand Sanitizer In Workplace Helped Reduce Healthcare Insurance Claims For Cold And Flu By 24%

PURELL® Hand Sanitizer And Hand Sanitizing Wipes In Workplace Helped Reduce Healthcare Insurance Claims For Cold And Flu By 24% Study findings are significant as employers try to improve the health of the workforce and reduce healthcare costs   AKRON, […]

by · June 13, 2016 · Health & Fitness, News

Profile America: Honoring America’s Nurses

This is National Nurses Day, the start of National Nurses Week honoring the nurses who keep Americans healthy.

Get Women Cycling ‘Strengthen Your Heart’ Indoor Event, 2/21

Get Women Cycling ‘Strengthen Your Heart’ Indoor Event, 2/21

The Go Red For Women’s Heart Month event sponsored by Get Women Cycling will be held on Sunday, February 21st, 2016 at the Bronx YMCA located at 2 Castle Hill Avenue, 11 AM -12 Noon.           […]

Profile America: January Is National Oatmeal Month

Profile America: January Is National Oatmeal Month

January is National Oatmeal Month, recognizing the breakfast staple for its health characteristics – low fat, no sodium, and the ability to help lower the risk of heart disease.

Take Care New York East Tremont Community Consultation – 1/5/16

Take Care New York East Tremont Community Consultation – 1/5/16

East Tremont: We want you to vote on the top health priorities in your neighborhood. Join us on Tuesday, Jan. 5 at 6 p.m. to have your voice heard. **FREE tote bags and water bottles are available to participants. Refreshments […]

Legionnaires’ In Morris Park: What’s Up with That

Legionnaires’ In Morris Park: What’s Up with That

Weeks after the Legionnaires’ outbreak was declared over in a large swath of the South Bronx after claiming 12 lives and infecting more than 120 people, a small cluster was discovered the following day at Melrose Houses, NYCHA development. Four people […]

Legionnaires’ Bacteria Found At Melrose Houses Water System

Legionnaires’ Bacteria Found At Melrose Houses Water System

Late Wednesday evening, the city Department of Health and Mental Health (DOHMH) disclosed that a new cluster of Legionnaires’ disease cases had appeared at a Bronx  public housing development. DOHMH reported there have been four cases of Legionnaires’ at the […]

by · September 3, 2015 · Government, Health & Nutrition, Housing
BCHN's Alexei Silva teaches the children the steps for the Nae Nae.

BCHN Health Fair Field Day

BCHN Annual Health Fair Field Day Area Children Participate in Fun-Filled Day of Outdoor Activity Dozens of young children participated in the annual Bronx Community Health Network / BCHN Health Fair Field Day at the Evander Childs Educational Campus on […]

by · August 20, 2015 · Health & Nutrition
NY Offers Free Legionella Testing To Bldg Owners

NY Offers Free Legionella Testing To Bldg Owners

This afternoon, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the New York State Department of Health is providing free Legionella testing for building owners, operators, managers and landlords of buildings with cooling towers or evaporative condenser units that can be sources of […]

Credit: Kathleen Canzoniero

Anxious Bronx Residents Overflow Legionnaires’ Town Hall

Monday night’s overflow crowd at the Legionnaires’ Town Hall is an indication of the anxiety felt by Bronx residents living in the outbreak zone. Shortly before the meeting began the Health Department (DOHMH) announced that the number of deaths had increased […]